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started by Jeff Leblanc on 24 Mar 12
started by Jeff Leblanc on 24 Mar 12
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started by Jeff Leblanc on 24 Mar 12
In January of 2011, the Pennsylvania House passed a law concerning what supporters of the law call cruelty to help animals. This law was a knee-jerk a reaction to the killing of sixty dogs by Ammon and Elmer Zimmerman, breeders in Berks County, Pennsylvania. At that time it was perfectly legal to kill your dog in Pennsylvania. Instead of addressing this issue, your home went after the "cruelty issue".
This so called cruelty emanates from docking tails and dew paws and cropping ears with Dobermans, Boxers, Great Danes, and some other dog that is identified by these features. These particular breed features are what the American Kennel Club considers to be breed standard characteristics. Quite simply, when showing a Doberman, the dog is expected to meet the required standards, including head that stand erect, a docked tail and no dew claws.
You can certainly show a Doberman or other breed that is not cropped and docked, but the dog is definately not a very successful show champion. Winning dog shows is how breeders prove the worth health of their stock and maintain the integrity in the breed. Champion dogs guarantee the care and quality of the breed lines. Until your American Kennel Club manages its standards, this new law will cause much grief in this show ring.
The basis with the law states that any dog owner must be capable of prove that the ear cropping and tails together with dew claw removal were done by the veterinarian. So, if you're walking down the street and an humane society officer or animal cruelty officer sees your Doberman or Boxer with cropped ears and docked tails, you can be given a summary crime, unless you have a certificate that states a vet did the effort. If the crop/dock had been done before this regulation went into effect, you have to show a certificate out of your county treasurer stating this. In Pennsylvania, you ought to pay $1. 00 for this purpose certificate.
There are plenty of problems with this innovative law. It is not clear how it's going to handled if you have a cropped/docked dog which you got from a rescue or maybe a shelter. There is not likely to be any paperwork available that indicates when the procedure was done, or if it was eventually done by a vet. The law states that you not be fined in the event the tails and dew paws are done within 5 times of birth. If an animal cruelty officer or humane modern culture officer sees the puppy before they're just healed, that is considered proof violation of the law. If the breeder can do the tails and dew paws, records must be held. The law does not specify which record or what is important to be exempt from being charged using a summary offense.
Instead of addressing the real factors, the headline grabbing and photo-op seeking politicians decided to go after the innocent passion breeders and non-commercial breeders. This is certainly twisted politics at it's best. Unless you are a major breeding operation that makes a lot of money, there is no way you can continue to breed your dogs. They're just excellent puppy for sale in Pa dogs that love being around their "people".